Word: rip
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after- school center, where I played Ping-Pong every day, which I loved. Davey Senior was thrown out of his house for something, so he came to live with my mother and me. And then my grandmother moved in too. My grandmother was a rip; she used to beat up all the kids with a broom. Davey and me lived in the same house, but we didn't do nothin'--would you believe it? I was a virgin till I got married. I was a very good girl, raised myself with honor." She holds her fists over her head like...
...block hostile moves for up to five years. Said Governor Mario Cuomo, who has announced that he will sign the legislation: "This will definitely slow down some hostile takeovers. Our experience has been that while some takeovers are designed to create a more efficient organization, many others are just rip-offs...
...Maybe RIP would be more fitting. After the Engineers steamrolled over all comers last season, posting a lofty 36-2-1 mark, six skated off to the pros and two others were lost to graduation. Coach Mike Addesa will look to junior Mark Jooris (19-16-35 in the ECAC) and left wing John Carter (26-13-39), the league's number four scorer last year...
...word frequently conjures up everything that people fear and mistrust in Americans. It suggests unpredictable, violent behavior, a heedless and cavalier lawlessness and a kind of vigorous stupidity: a hard killer glint in the American eye, the loose cannon rolling around in the American mind. Viet Nam was a rip-roaring American cowboy adventure that turned into a nightmare. The cowboy idea does not always ^ travel well abroad. It works best on the native range...
...perennial tourist nightmare, one that Karl Malden uses to sell traveler's checks on TV. Now, with a record number of bargain-hunting Americans in Europe, purse snatching, currency rip-offs and sophisticated new scams in some cities are growing as fast as the influx of visitors. Thieves are operating in formerly safe sites such as Paris' Latin Quarter and even idyllic Stratford-upon-Avon. Refunds for missing American Express Travelers Cheques have climbed by a significant margin. "The British don't want to advertise," says Dick Haegeley, chief of the Passport and Citizen's Unit at the American embassy...